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Men's Hockey: It’s all in the numbers for NCAA selection

Men's Hockey: It’s all in the numbers for NCAA selection

When typical college sports fans hear “NCAA Tournament selection process,” they probably envision closed-door discussions and hordes of ESPN talking heads debating whether Penn State’s win over Michigan State is more important than Florida’s loss to Kentucky. For basketball fans, this image is relatively accurate, as the selection process is highly secretive and involves a good deal of subjective decision-making.

SPORTS | 03/11/2009

Men's Hockey: Routines, rituals or neuroses?

Zane Kalemba, junior goaltender of the men’s hockey team, lays out his equipment the exact same way before each game, with all the items spread equally far apart. Sophomore forward Sam Sabky listens to Eminem’s hit song “ ’Till I Collapse,” as he walks to Baker Rink. Sophomore forward Kevin Lohry fills two cups of coffee but never completely finishes the second cup.

SPORTS | 03/11/2009

East Coast bias not a factor in March Madness

When I was growing up on the West Coast, it became apparent that the sports world has an extremely unfair East Coast bias. For starters, “SportsCenter” on ESPN airs at 11 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, while NBA, NHL, MLB and NCAA games are still in progress on the West Coast.

SPORTS | 03/11/2009

Cyclists take to the road in Saturday’s campus exhibition

Anytime collegiate athletes can describe debut performances the way junior Aaron Horvath did, something special must be afoot.

SPORTS | 03/10/2009

Football finds young talent

As Johnny trots off the field after football practice, he thinks about the long list of things he has to do that night: Complete the homework for his Advanced Placement classes, work on his college applications, eat dinner and field two or three phone calls from the college football coaches who are recruiting him.

SPORTS | 03/10/2009

Men's Basketball: Tigers avenge loss with win over Quakers

Just four days after the men’s basketball team’s hopes for an Ivy League title died on the court at Columbia, the Tigers closed their season with a 59-56 win at Penn.

SPORTS | 03/10/2009

Women's Basketball: Princeton trumps Penn in season finale

When the women’s basketball team stepped off the court at Penn’s Palestra a year ago, it had just suffered an 85-78 loss to the Quakers to end its Ivy League season at 4-10, second from last.

SPORTS | 03/10/2009

Baseball: Starting pitchers lead way

Team U.S.A. wasn’t the only baseball squad that got rolling this weekend. Princeton’s baseball team also turned in impressive performances, winning three of four games against a feisty William & Mary squad in Williamsburg, Va.

SPORTS | 03/09/2009

Softball: Princeton splits road trip to N.C.

With a small roster compared to its opponents’, the softball team needs all of its players to contribute. More importantly, as they demonstrated last weekend at the UNC Tournament in Chapel Hill, N.C., the Tigers need their hitters to come up big in the clutch.

SPORTS | 03/09/2009

Fencing: Eight advance to NCAA Championships

Of the 24 Princeton fencers who participated in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional fencing meet at Drew University in Madison, N.J., last weekend, eight competitors are likely to advance to the NCAA Championship in State College, Pa., in two weeks.

SPORTS | 03/09/2009

Men's Tennis: Tigers collect one of three at home

After extending its winning streak to a season-high four matches on Saturday, the men’s tennis team was unable to overcome injury and illness, dropping consecutive matches the following day.

SPORTS | 03/09/2009

Men's Volleyball: Tigers fall to Tait rival George Mason

After defeating Stevens Institute of Technology on Friday, the men’s volleyball team came up short against George Mason on Saturday, falling in an error-filled Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) Tait Division match.

SPORTS | 03/09/2009

Wrestling: Everin, Brendel reach quarters

For the men’s wrestling team, the 2008-09 season was one of marked improvement. Unfortunately for Princeton, things didn’t go as planned at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships at Penn’s Palestra last weekend. No Tiger placed, and all were eliminated by the end of the first day of competition.

SPORTS | 03/09/2009

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